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We've been ripped off. Here's a taste of what the auditor general's report says senators have been claiming on the taxpayer's dime:

Fussy foodies

A number of senators charged taxpayers for meals even when food was already available to them free of charge. While some claimed there was no food left for them by the time they arrived at meetings, another excuse offered up was: "It was not possible to get a reasonable meal on an airplane in Canada."

Gratuitous greetings

The auditor general says $30,000 could have been saved if our senators had just used the standard holiday greeting cards provided to them instead of ordering up swankier stationary.

Book blitz

Quebec Sen. Pierre-Hughes Boisvenu, a Tory until last week, used public funds give speeches and interviews promoting his own book, to a total of $38,577 in travel, food and accommodations. He also spent $745 in taxpayer money to mail out copies of the book.

Never home

Much like Mike Duffy, a number of senators were called out for not actually living in the city they'd declared as their primary residence. Take retired New Brunswick Liberal senator Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, one of the nine referred to the RCMP for criminal investigation. She spent just 16 of the 448 days of the audit until her retirement in her supposed home base of Moncton, N.BC., claiming $21,359 in living expenses.

Smells fishy

Retired Tory Nova Scotia senator Donald H. Oliver and his spouse claimed travel expenses for a variety of "personal activities," including a family convocation, golf with former senators, meetings with family members, a tailor and, of course, a fishing trip.

Taxpayer taxis

The RCMP will investigate former Manitoba Liberal senator Rod Zimmer, flagged for $176,014 in allegedly ineligible expenses. Despite claiming to live in Winnipeg, he spent 613 of 731 days during the audit period in Ottawa. While there, he and his wife expensed $2,072 in taxi rides for "personal activities" in the city. He's blamed his health issues, including throat cancer, for forcing him to cut back on travel home.

Valentine's Ball

Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos, the Speaker of the upper chamber, hosted a "St. Valentine's ball" in Montreal for charity, and sent his staffer there on the public dime six times to help plan the event at a cost of $1,609.

Family funeral

Former New Brunswick Tory senator Noel A. Kinsella expensed a trip to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., to attend his brother-in-law's funeral, claiming he was only there "in his role as senator" because his sister's husband was "a leader in the Italian-Canadian community and had been important to New Brunswick."

Curling club

Liberal Nova Scotia Sen. Terry M. Mercer expensed a trip to Toronto to attend the 100th anniversary of a curling club he used to be a member of.

Daily commute

Independent Alberta Sen. Elaine McCoy's and her staff were found to regularly expense their taxis to the office, to a total of $960.

Anniversaries

B.C. Conservative Sen. Nancy Greene Raine and Saskatchewan Sen. David Tkachuk both expensed a trip to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of a Senate colleague in Vancouver.

Wifely duties

Northwest Territories Liberal Sen. Nick Sibbeston's wife regular expensed the Senate to visit her adult children and their families, often without her husband by her side. The senator defended her taxpayer-funded travels "to maintain the integrity of the family unit."

Family dinner

Conservative B.C. Sen. Gerry St. Germain expensed $468 for what was supposed to be a dinner to "wrap up parliamentary business," but the auditor general discovered it was actually a family dinner.

Board meetings

Sen. Nicole Eaton expensed her trips to board meetings for various charities, foundations and non-profits. Good deeds, or no, the auditor general says they are "personal interests."